Australia floodwaters keep rising
Residents of the city of Rockhampton, in the Australian state of Queensland, faced a nervous wait on Sunday as floodwaters continue to rise.
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Spain enacts rugged anti-smoking law
Spain on Sunday introduced an anti-smoking law that is likely to turn the EU’s fourth largest tobacco producer from a cigarette-friendly land abounding with smoky bars and restaurants, into one of Europe’s most stringently smokeless.
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Under the U.S. Supreme Court: The astounding shrivelling McCain-Feingold act
By MICHAEL KIRKLAND WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 (UPI) If the Republican National Committee has its way the already buffeted McCain-Feingold law will be deprived of one of its last staying bastions. The once muscular engine restraining the unbridled use of governmental contributions in the end may be reduced to a high-pitched nub.
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